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Pretty nice Makita sends battery covers with their kits, can’t possibly cost that much to add… Others need to follow suit
Jimbo
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My Milwaukee batteries ride in my truck all thrown together in a tool bag, and have never had a problem with any of them. Just don’t see the need, personally.
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Pretty nice Makita sends battery covers with their kits, can’t possibly cost that much to add… Others need to follow suit
Jimbo
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I wish makita did it more too. I only had one kit come with those covers and just had a the yellow tab break on one of my batteries a few days ago. I really wish makita had thought their battery design through better from the beginning.
What’s the functional difference between the 20v Max and Makita 18v? I’ve used both at work but can’t remember off the top of mine head, I just remember they’re both a big button rather than the 2 side buttons M18 has.
As to Jimbo’s original point, I suppose it would be nice, but my batteries are kept on tools or in a toolbox and I’ve never felt the need for little caps.
I think Makita is the only company that I’ve bought from that sells their batteries like that. Even my Festool batteries come without a cover. Truthfully, I’ve lost all of the covers for my Makita (I have three) batteries. I did get the 2.0 USB cover for my Makita and that thing is awesome.
You can get them from other manufacturers too. Just have to buy a flexvolt battery????????
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You can get them from other manufacturers too. Just have to buy a flexvolt battery[emoji48][emoji48][emoji48][emoji48][emoji48][emoji48][emoji48][emoji48]
Blasphemy!
Jimbo
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What they should have done is had a way of storing the shipping clip on the bottom of the battery pack. I think this is more of a formality for shipping them because of all the rules with high capacity Lion battery packs
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What they should have done is had a way of storing the shipping clip on the bottom of the battery pack. I think this is more of a formality for shipping them because of all the rules with high capacity Lion battery packs
True, they created it out of necessity, not convenience
Jimbo
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End users are going to end up losing them something small like that. Unless you really need the clips because you travel for your job most people will throw them away or let them get lost in a tool bag somewhere.
Never saw those before Jimbo,
Sometimes wish tools cases had more than 1 extra batt store, I don’t take my chargers to site but do put extra batts in the cases.
Hitachi has covers as well, but they’re good for keeping dust out like when you’ve got 2 batteries and you’re cutting sheetrock or drilling sheet rock and the battery is just sitting on the floor under where you’re cutting.
My old ni cads had a cover for them